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World Service,02 Feb 2021,26 mins

Prosperity comes at 'devastating' cost to nature

World Business Report

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A landmark review calls for transformational change in our economic approach to nature. We hear the perspective of the UK's only Green MP, Caroline Lucas. And as Jeff Bezos announces that he's stepping down as Amazon CEO, Joe Saluzzi tells us whether the announcement had an impact on the financial markets. Also in the programme, the BBC's Ed Butler reports on whether money was the driving force behind this week's coup in Myanmar. And we hear how foreigners with investments there are responding from Hans Vriens, managing partner at Vriens and Partners, a consultancy that handles around $4bn worth of projects in the country. Plus, BBC technology reporter Zoe Kleinman tells us whether as we are travelling less and staying home during the pandemic, we are giving more or less data away to big technology firms. (Picture: Deforestation in the Amazon basin. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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